I have some tapes of the old Statesmen label 78's and there is a song called "Mother's Prayers Have Followed Me" that has a rescitation. The person doing the rescitation does not sound like any of the member of the quartet.Does anyone know who is doing the talking on this record.
The same song is on the album "Singing Time In Dixie" and Chief does the talking but whoever is on the 78 sounds totally different.
Do we have anyone who can give me an answer on this?

Could it be Mosie Lister?

I asked Hovie about that a few years ago.

He told me it was a disc jockey from the Atlanta area. Hovie said he just happened to be at the station when they were making those recordings. Hovie couldn't remember his name, but said it wasn't anyone that we'd know.

Thanks for the answer John. It's hard to imagine Hovie doing something like that as professional as he was about everything but those were the early years.

I guess it's like the Statesmen recording of "Satan's Boogie" with Lee Roy Abernathy singing bass. Sometimes, whoever happened to be in the studio ended up on the recording.